perpetual 音标拼音: [pɚp'ɛtʃuəl]
a . 永久的,不断的,没完没了的,四季开花的
永久的,不断的,没完没了的,四季开花的
perpetual adj 1 :
continuing forever or indefinitely ; "
the ageless themes of love and revenge "; "
eternal truths "; "
life everlasting "; "
hell '
s perpetual fires "; "
the unending bliss of heaven " [
synonym : {
ageless }, {
aeonian }, {
eonian },
{
eternal }, {
everlasting }, {
perpetual }, {
unending },
{
unceasing }]
2 :
uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing ; "
the ceaseless thunder of surf "; "
in constant pain "; "
night and day we live with the incessant noise of the city "; "
the never -
ending search for happiness "; "
the perpetual struggle to maintain standards in a democracy "; "
man '
s unceasing warfare with drought and isolation "; "
unremitting demands of hunger " [
synonym : {
ceaseless }, {
constant }, {
incessant }, {
never -
ending }, {
perpetual }, {
unceasing }, {
unremitting }]
Perpetual \
Per *
pet "
u *
al \,
a . [
OE .
perpetuel ,
F .
perp ['
e ]
tuel ,
fr .
L .
perpetualis ,
fr .
perpetuus continuing throughout ,
continuous ,
fr .
perpes , -
etis ,
lasting throughout .]
Neverceasing ;
continuing forever or for an unlimited time ;
unfailing ;
everlasting ;
continuous .
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Unto the kingdom of perpetual night . --
Shak .
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Perpetual feast of nectared sweets . --
Milton .
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{
Circle of perpetual apparition },
or {
Circle of perpetual occultation }.
See under {
Circle }.
{
Perpetual calendar },
a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year .
{
Perpetual curacy } (
Ch .
of Eng .),
a curacy in which all the tithes are appropriated ,
and no vicarage is endowed .
--
Blackstone .
{
Perpetual motion }.
See under {
Motion }.
{
Perpetual screw }.
See {
Endless screw },
under {
Screw }.
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Syn :
Continual ;
unceasing ;
endless ;
everlasting ;
incessant ;
constant ;
eternal .
See {
Constant }.
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Tax \
Tax \,
n . [
F .
taxe ,
fr .
taxer to tax ,
L .
taxare to touch ,
sharply ,
to feel ,
handle ,
to censure ,
value ,
estimate ,
fr .
tangere ,
tactum ,
to touch .
See {
Tangent },
and cf . {
Task },
{
Taste }.]
1 .
A charge ,
especially a pecuniary burden which is imposed by authority .
Specifically :
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(
a )
A charge or burden laid upon persons or property for the support of a government .
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A farmer of taxes is ,
of all creditors ,
proverbially the most rapacious . --
Macaulay .
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(
b )
Especially ,
the sum laid upon specific things ,
as upon polls ,
lands ,
houses ,
income ,
etc .;
as ,
a land tax ;
a window tax ;
a tax on carriages ,
and the like .
Note :
Taxes are {
annual }
or {
perpetual }, {
direct }
or {
indirect },
etc .
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(
c )
A sum imposed or levied upon the members of a society to defray its expenses .
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2 .
A task exacted from one who is under control ;
a contribution or service ,
the rendering of which is imposed upon a subject .
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3 .
A disagreeable or burdensome duty or charge ;
as ,
a heavy tax on time or health .
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4 .
Charge ;
censure . [
Obs .] --
Clarendon .
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5 .
A lesson to be learned ;
a task . [
Obs .] --
Johnson .
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{
Tax cart },
a spring cart subject to a low tax . [
Eng .]
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Syn :
Impost ;
tribute ;
contribution ;
duty ;
toll ;
rate ;
assessment ;
exaction ;
custom ;
demand .
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184 Moby Thesaurus words for "
perpetual ":
abiding ,
age -
long ,
aged ,
ageless ,
all -
comprehensive ,
all -
inclusive ,
all -
knowing ,
all -
powerful ,
all -
seeing ,
all -
wise ,
almighty ,
ancient ,
antique ,
boundless ,
ceaseless ,
changeless ,
chattering ,
chronic ,
coeternal ,
constant ,
continual ,
continuing ,
continuous ,
countless ,
creating ,
creative ,
dateless ,
diuturnal ,
durable ,
endless ,
enduring ,
eternal ,
eternally the same ,
eterne ,
ever -
being ,
ever -
durable ,
ever -
during ,
evergreen ,
everlasting ,
everliving ,
exhaustless ,
extending everywhere ,
firm ,
fixed ,
frozen ,
glorious ,
good ,
hallowed ,
hardy ,
highest ,
holy ,
illimitable ,
illimited ,
immeasurable ,
immemorial ,
immense ,
immobile ,
immortal ,
immutable ,
incalculable ,
incessant ,
incomprehensible ,
indestructible ,
inexhaustible ,
infinite ,
infinitely continuous ,
innumerable ,
intact ,
interminable ,
interminate ,
intransient ,
invariable ,
inveterate ,
inviolate ,
just ,
lasting ,
limitless ,
long -
lasting ,
long -
lived ,
long -
standing ,
long -
term ,
longeval ,
longevous ,
loving ,
luminous ,
machine gun ,
macrobiotic ,
majestic ,
making ,
measureless ,
merciful ,
never -
ceasing ,
never -
ending ,
no end of ,
nonstop ,
nonterminating ,
nonterminous ,
numinous ,
of long duration ,
of long standing ,
olamic ,
omnipotent ,
omnipresent ,
omniscient ,
one ,
oscillating ,
perdurable ,
perduring ,
perennial ,
permanent ,
persistent ,
persisting ,
pulsating ,
quiescent ,
radiant ,
rapid ,
recurrent ,
regular ,
remaining ,
repeated ,
repetitive ,
rigid ,
sacred ,
sempervirent ,
sempiternal ,
shaping ,
shoreless ,
solid ,
sovereign ,
stable ,
staccato ,
static ,
stationary ,
staying ,
steadfast ,
steady ,
stuttering ,
sumless ,
supreme ,
sustained ,
termless ,
timeless ,
torpid ,
tough ,
ubiquitous ,
unaltered ,
unbounded ,
unbroken ,
unceasing ,
unchangeable ,
unchanged ,
unchanging ,
unchecked ,
uncircumscribed ,
undefined ,
undestroyed ,
undeviating ,
unending ,
unfading ,
unfailing ,
unfathomable ,
unintermitted ,
unintermittent ,
unintermitting ,
uninterrupted ,
universal ,
unlimited ,
unmeasurable ,
unmeasured ,
unnumbered ,
unplumbed ,
unremitting ,
unshifting ,
unstopped ,
untold ,
unvaried ,
unvarying ,
vibrating ,
vital ,
without bound ,
without end ,
without limit ,
without measure ,
without number
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